Kami
- #3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #10,821
- Given to girls 99.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 302 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,925since 1957
Kami over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kami has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,342 | 46 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,140 | 52 | #10,821 | 6 |
| 2022 | #3,033 | 54 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,823 | 58 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #3,172 | 50 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,158 | 51 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,014 | 54 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #3,139 | 52 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,773 | 63 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,497 | 72 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,804 | 61 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #2,189 | 86 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,190 | 86 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,703 | 123 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #1,492 | 153 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,605 | 141 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,666 | 133 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #1,480 | 149 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #1,639 | 122 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,533 | 130 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #1,542 | 125 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,750 | 103 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,660 | 109 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,705 | 103 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,416 | 124 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,501 | 113 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,475 | 111 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,583 | 98 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,355 | 121 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,293 | 131 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,228 | 141 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,156 | 152 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,195 | 145 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,077 | 164 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,145 | 144 | — | |
| 1988 | #949 | 177 | — | |
| 1987 | #983 | 160 | — | |
| 1986 | #933 | 170 | — | |
| 1985 | #853 | 189 | — | |
| 1984 | #848 | 181 | — | |
| 1983 | #766 | 208 | — | |
| 1982 | #759 | 218 | — | |
| 1981 | #646 | 273 | — | |
| 1980 | #604 | 307 | — | |
| 1979 | #607 | 293 | — | |
| 1978 | #655 | 245 | — | |
| 1977 | #630 | 266 | — | |
| 1976 | #605 | 262 | — | |
| 1975 | #583 | 284 | — | |
| 1974 | #574 | 276 | — | |
| 1973 | #599 | 263 | — | |
| 1972 | #551 | 302 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,041 | 116 | — | |
| 1970 | #966 | 131 | — | |
| 1969 | #748 | 183 | — | |
| 1968 | #966 | 115 | — | |
| 1967 | #788 | 159 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,312 | 68 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,497 | 57 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,188 | 84 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1957
The first year at least five girls were named Kami! It came in at #4,918, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1957, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Kami is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #1,438 | 5 | 1 in 9,454 |
| Texas | #2,921 | 6 | 1 in 26,757 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 550 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #3,342)
- 519 spots since 2020 (#2,823 → #3,342)
- Biggest jump: 524 spots in 1967
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1970
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1957
- Peaked 1972 at #551 (302 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1972–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,037
- Highest: 1 in 5,037 girls born in 1972 were named Kami (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 27.3% of all girls named Kami (2,438) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 43 | #2,458 (1959) | #3,536 |
| 1960s | 847 | #748 (1969) | #1,381 |
| 1970s | 2,438 | #551 (1972) | #681 |
| 1980s | 2,027 | #604 (1980) | #849 |
| 1990s | 1,300 | #1,077 (1990) | #1,328 |
| 2000s | 1,268 | #1,480 (2006) | #1,607 |
| 2010s | 698 | #1,703 (2010) | #2,664 |
| 2020s | 304 | #2,823 (2020) | #3,198 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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